Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-13

ALL DONE THAT CAN BE DONE.
CHATSWORTH, Ill Aug. l2.-As to TIE
liability CT the company or the future OF
the road, President NJ Leonsrd could
not say. The first th!Ig the OIL ;isls Will
DO will De 20 devote their attention 10
the csre OF the unfortunate victims. IT.
WAS blow which would, OF course, be
most serious 10 the road, but that was
nothing compared with death and injury
to human beings. Mr.. Leonard said he
ecu 4 in all conscience say that he
believed the T0sd had provided every
reasonable sEd customary safe
guard. With the consent Of
the coroner, President Leonard mas
arranged that al unclaimed bodies W.
Oe cared for, washed and placed in COT
inns and conveyed to Peoria, where with
al their effects they will await identified
ton. The bodies will be kept there as
long as possible, and then If not ident-
lied, will be inferred. President Leon
ard and Superintendent Armstrong will
20 to Piper City this morning to care tor
the wounded there. TIE railroad and
ware house commissioners are expected
here about 10 o'clock
TO INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT.
As several desired witnesses have not
yet arrived, 1t is not expected the coroner
will complete his hearing till late this af-
ternoon. The estimation of the dead
this morning is about the same as the lig-
ures sent last night. The corouer's list
revised % to the time of the inquest was
resumed to-day and foots up seventy six,
notwithstanding the contrary opinions
expressed by the railway eli 3ials. A
survey of the wreck to day confirms the
belief that several bodies are still under
the debris Of the smashed engines snG
cars The report yesterday that twentJ
dead were st Piper City is denied this
morning by the president Of the road
Three or four of the wounded carried to
Piper City yesterday died there, however
so with the seventy-siX CT the coroner:
/ list here and those supposed TO be ye
under the wreck the estimate OF eighty
four deaths appears TO be very close :;
the actual number The horrors OF III,
wreck seemed to be deepening early this
morning instead Of leesening. Added Z,
the pitiabIa spectacle Of the dead and TIM
m.series Of the DYING
a STENCIL SICKENINGLY Foul.
was issuing from numerous places wheE,
c0rpses of the victims yet remained. \,
picture OK the horrible occurrence i'm
mediately succeeding the accident C0ua
tqu4I the Teyclting detais OF tn
scene 81 the Toledo, Pooria eU,
Western depot here to-day. Tae Yves
end OF the little structure is Goa nous
and lumber room where prOmisCuOusL
scattered on the floor, in the coal snC
rubbish, were seven unidentified bodies
Blood stained and bed raggIed sheet
and blankets were thrown loosely owe
each, but afforded little protec ti0n from
the swarms of flies which were COG!iuU
ously lowering over them. The aWfu
odar emanstipg from the bodies eff tctu
allV kept the room clear Of sill out TIT
hardies. Of the still lingering anx Gus 0
curious crowds. Two of the victim
were women and the sight Of their face
was
ONE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
Sensational featured were developed
this morning as to the cause Of the wreck
Ramors were atoat last night that il wa
due to robbers who fired tie bridge, bu
little credence was given them
This morning new facts ap
parently showing the Catastroph
to be the work of organized bandits com
to light aud the company find them wor
thy of serious investigation. Superin
tendeut Armstrong said to an Associated
Press reporter that the more he invest
gated the more il appeared TO him tina
the bridge had been set on tie. Tn
burned grass in its immediate lOCalit
was not OF the nature that seemed likel
to admit Of the BRIDGES catching from il
He had observed many thieves Ct W0rI
: AID had stopped them while despOilir.
the wreck of property ard money. In
stances of
ROBBING OF THE DEAD
were brought TO his attention. The eX
cursiOn had been extensively advertise
2 and the time It would pass over the briCg
was well known. Citizens say that gan
: of suspicious locking fellows have pee
lettering around Cnatsworth for som
days Many Of these were found earl
a. the wreck, paying more sttenhOn to II
| Ievirg the bodies OF their vslua1les tina
: caring for them otherwise. Tle tran
raen and passengers had frequent cOntea
: tons with the vandels. In one instcnc
2 Superintendent Armstrong found s vel.
known thief IN the depo: room wbeg
property taken from the wreck We
stored. While the people CT the tow
have done all in their power FOR the suffer
ers there is q horde Of trsnps and thieye
- IN this vicinity who DO nothing but carr
+ off anything they can get their hands on
STORY OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
{ CHATSwORTH, Ill, Aug. 12.-Ther
2 have been many guesses as to the OTigi
i of the fire which weakened the bridge an
caused the accident, out so far they ar
nothing but guesse5. The most probabl
: one is that spark from the furnace {
t the engine of tram which passed tw
e hours before caused the blaZ3. The sea
}. son has been very dry heresbouts. Alon
{ the line almost 10 rain has fallen, au
K the woodwork Of the bridge was like tin
q der a live coal dropped on it woul
t fire it at once, and resulting accider
e soon follow.
r Another startling theory is one of trai
wreckiDg. This is an awful one TO conten
d plate, but 1t has IT'S adherents. The
t point to the fact that there were thieyt
|. about, and TO the additional fact TIL
d they seemed to be members OF an organ
d izstion working together, and the die
= boliCal heartlessnes5 with which the
s went about their work indicate
0 g devilshness which would ste
d st nothing. About O'Clock one Of II
d Chicago Times staff YVES drive
s out to the wreck. The drive way Ia
It along the left Of the railroad and to Il
south OF the road was sn old fashione
Usage orange hedge The road was yer